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Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors

Minutes

January Academic Excellence Meeting

Date and Time

Friday January 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Location

2115 Oakmere Dr. 

Harvey, LA 70058

The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. All agenda items are informational unless otherwise denoted, though all committee reports require a vote for acceptance. Unless otherwise stated due to COVDI-19 precautions, the meeting will be held on the campus of the school (2115 Oakmere Drive Harvey, LA 70058)

Committee Members Present

Caitlyn Scales (remote), Claire Heckerman-Whitehead, Dr. Jahquille Ross (remote), Monique Handy (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Dr. Jahquille Ross called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Laureate Academy Charter School Board of Directors to order on Friday Jan 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

Caitlyn Scales made a motion to approve the minutes from August Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 08-28-24.
Dr. Jahquille Ross seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Student Assessment Data

A.

DIBELS - PreK - 3rd

Trends 

  • Fall 49.5 average 
  • Winter 52.4 average 
  • Ned to small groups consistency - enough extra staff on campus to assess students weekly 
  • 30% Increase for each teacher by the end of the year. 

 

Next Steps 

  • Progress monitoring and reteach on Fridays 
  • Celebrations for students tied to the progress monitoring data 
  • Moving towards coaching meetings - analyzing data and using best instructional practices 

B.

NWEA MAP

Core Content Areas 

  • Reading: Conditional Growth Average - 36.8
    • Support needed in this area across the building. 
  • Math: Conditional Growth Average - 44.16
    • Support needed in this area across the building. 

Other Notes: 

  • Shift on examining student work daily across campus. 
  • 7th grade data is a bright spot across ELA and Math 
  • Modeling and providing instructional feedback more 

C.

ANET Winter Benchmark Testing

  • 1st time using ANET this past Winter 
  • Data can be compared to other schools in the state and Louisiana 
  • ANET team will be present at Professional Development days next week 
  • As compared to other data points, more work to be done in ELA & Math 
  • 7th grade is still a bright spot 

Future 

  • Building ANET in the daily/weekly practice with teachers. 

D.

Student Grades

  • Emcouraged leader to pull D and F report for compliance and conversations with teachers. 

E.

Upcoming Spring Assessments

  • ANET at end of Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 
  • MAP at end - MAY  
  • DIBELS at end of April 

III. Teacher Related Updates

A.

Vacanies

  • Need 6th grade Math and STEM teachers 
  • SPED teacher 
  • Art teacher 

B.

Teacher Evaluations - Fall Semester

  • Happening in January 
    • Conducted practices in December 
  • Another before the end of the school year 

IV. Upcoming Meeting Date

A.

Decide on Next Meeting Date

  • Week of Feb. 21st at 11:00 am  - 12:30 pm 

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 11:26 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Caitlyn Scales
College Starts in Kindergarten